We Have Been Misled By An Erroneous Map Of The World For 500 Years

It was featured in “The West Wing,” but map dishonesty is anything but fictional. Check out this clip to get an accurate look at the size of Africa.

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Rollie Williams

Mar 16, 2013

An accurate look at Africa relative to some major countries:

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